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Post by JoP on Apr 19, 2015 17:01:24 GMT
I eat them out of the can too LOL! I don't like them cold
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Post by Jockscrap on Apr 19, 2015 17:08:36 GMT
I dread to think of the percentage of the student population that survives term time on beans on toast. Cheap, tasty and nutritious. What's not to love? I have to say that the linked 'recipe' is a bit fancy. My recipe is beans....and toast. No Lea and Perrins and no cheese.
I did smile at that, having never heard of a beans on toast 'recipe' but I guess you can jazz it up in different ways Home economics teachers make a whole cooking lesson out of it at the school my kids went to. They were both 'taught' to make beans on toast with grated cheese on the top, browned nicely under the grill. I can tell you this was NOT one of the recipes that this mother ate when they brought it home from school - cold, coagulated and fatally damaged after a few hours in a Tupperware being bounced around in a school bag. I did eat their rock cakes though!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 17:18:49 GMT
I used to eat pork and beans growing up. I liked them buttery do I would add extra butter to it. Sick, I know. I don't eat them now. I can't handle the gas.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Apr 19, 2015 17:23:16 GMT
I did smile at that, having never heard of a beans on toast 'recipe' but I guess you can jazz it up in different ways Home economics teachers make a whole cooking lesson out of it at the school my kids went to. They were both 'taught' to make beans on toast with grated cheese on the top, browned nicely under the grill. I can tell you this was NOT one of the recipes that this mother ate when they brought it home from school - cold, coagulated and fatally damaged after a few hours in a Tupperware being bounced around in a school bag. I did eat their rock cakes though!
Oh yes!! That and the coleslaw the class made one week.....no thanks, this Mum put it into the fridge 'for later'! The scones and sponge cake they made were quite good though!! The 'recipe' and the fact that it was referred to in an old film made me smile too - it seemed a bit grand for good old beans on toast!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 19:21:07 GMT
I'm giggling here........who on earth would need a recipe to make beans on toast? Toast a slice of bread,butter the aforementioned toasted bread. While you're doing this heat the beans and then spoon them on top of the toast and EAT!! There, quick recipe for beans on toast
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 19:22:20 GMT
Home economics teachers make a whole cooking lesson out of it at the school my kids went to. They were both 'taught' to make beans on toast with grated cheese on the top, browned nicely under the grill. I can tell you this was NOT one of the recipes that this mother ate when they brought it home from school - cold, coagulated and fatally damaged after a few hours in a Tupperware being bounced around in a school bag. I did eat their rock cakes though!
Oh yes!! That and the coleslaw the class made one week.....no thanks, this Mum put it into the fridge 'for later'! The scones and sponge cake they made were quite good though!! The 'recipe' and the fact that it was referred to in an old film made me smile too - it seemed a bit grand for good old beans on toast! DD1's cooking hasn't been too bad SO FAR!! Her scones were pretty palatable so was the pizza!
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Post by gillyp on Apr 19, 2015 19:27:18 GMT
I'm on the same page as @dottyscrapper; I can eat them cold too. But then again, I used to eat cold pizza or cold curry for breakfast. I still eat them (pizza and curry) cold sometimes, just not for breakfast and funnily enough, I've never liked beans at breakfast time.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 20, 2015 1:01:36 GMT
I started reading Harlequin Presents in high school. The heroines were always eating beans on toast. I like this for dinner sometimes. Actually, maybe tonight! I use Bush's baked beans now.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 20, 2015 1:29:52 GMT
I didn't grow up eating this but my niece, who lives in New Zealand says it is a common breakfast in her household. I've tried it and it is pretty good. The only place I can find those particular Heinz beans in tomato sauce, is at my local Publix grocery store in the "international" section. Yep, Kiwi here and this is something I grew up with. Either Wattles or Heinz baked beans, no recipe needed ;(
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Apr 20, 2015 2:51:54 GMT
I had no idea this was a British thing. (And I guess by extension, canadian!)
Every Saturday is beans on toast at my house. I don't actually like them myself but DH and my daughter *have* to have them. He lived in England so maybe that is the reason.
I actually hate the smell of them- though I think my DH adds some kind of spice to them. I love my daughter, but I can't even talk to her too close until she has brushed her teeth after eating them. Going in the kitchen is not even a possibility until the smell fades. I don't know why I hate it so much, but I do.
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 20, 2015 12:34:56 GMT
I looked at the grocery store and Heinz was the only option other than the nasty house brand (all house brand beans are nasty). Until this board, I honestly had no idea that there were options for things like baked beans in a can.
And dammit now I want beans on toast for breakfast!
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Post by wellway on Apr 20, 2015 12:43:49 GMT
3 pages on Beans on Toast! I love 2Peas.
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Post by littlemama on Apr 20, 2015 15:56:45 GMT
I don't have any objection to the concept of beans on toast, I just can't wrap my brain around how that became a "thing". Like, who would have thought to do that, and how did it catch on to where so many people eat it? (I wonder about a lot of food type things that way though)
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Post by gar on Apr 20, 2015 17:02:27 GMT
I don't have any objection to the concept of beans on toast, I just can't wrap my brain around how that became a "thing". Like, who would have thought to do that, and how did it catch on to where so many people eat it? (I wonder about a lot of food type things that way though) It's cheap but nutritious and Heinz have been around forever so it was probably after the war when there was still rationing. A quick, filling healthy, inexpensive meal!
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Post by littlemama on Apr 20, 2015 17:12:49 GMT
I don't have any objection to the concept of beans on toast, I just can't wrap my brain around how that became a "thing". Like, who would have thought to do that, and how did it catch on to where so many people eat it? (I wonder about a lot of food type things that way though) It's cheap but nutritious and Heinz have been around forever so it was probably after the war when there was still rationing. A quick, filling healthy, inexpensive meal! That makes sense! I really do have these weird food musings - like how did someone figure out how to make bacon (and whomever he is, he is a genius!)? And how do recipes spread to the extent that "everyone" makes them (like funeral potatoes), especially when it isn't a "back of the box" thing like green bean casserole, for example. I don't stay awake at night wondering, but occasionally...
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Post by valincal on Apr 20, 2015 17:21:26 GMT
Doesn't sound remotely good. But I'm not a fan of beans in a can anyway. Always interesting to hear what people eat in other countries. I grew up in Germany and ate a lot of meat/brotchen and nutella/brotchen for breakfast which a lot of people think is strange. I love nice German rye bread with cheese and Lyoner sausage for breakfast. I'm headed to Germany in the fall and can't wait to have brotchen each day for breakfast! I have heard of beans on toast but haven't tried it yet. I like the idea of a fried egg on top! Yum.
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Post by mztfied on Apr 20, 2015 21:05:42 GMT
This whole thread has been so fun! Thanks for all who chimed in to educate me about "beans on toast". You are never to old to learn something.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 21, 2015 4:57:58 GMT
I got to the supermarket today and bought Heinz beans (added bonus, they also had Salad Cream which wasn't there when I went looking last time we had a British-food thread). I also bought white bread which I think makes good toast. And then I got home and looked at the gaping hole on the counter top where the toaster-oven is supposed to be. Because I forgot the kindergarten teacher borrowed it. Curses, foiled again! But I had a nice grilled cheese sandwich, anyway, with my white bread and my deluxe American cheese.
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Post by gar on Apr 21, 2015 7:41:34 GMT
lucyg Don't forget to report back when you do get to try them
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Post by lucyg on Apr 21, 2015 8:04:03 GMT
lucyg Don't forget to report back when you do get to try them It won't be till next week at least, because I'm headed out of town Wednesday through Sunday. I already know I like the beans (I've been eating them most of my life) but I don't remember ever having them on toast. I still think buttered toast AND a bowl of beans sounds better.
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Post by gillyp on Apr 21, 2015 8:23:35 GMT
No, not unless you are a toddler! You need the heat from the beans to melt the butter that you have trowelled onto the toast.
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Post by rahnee on Apr 21, 2015 8:40:07 GMT
Another Aussie here. Having beans on toast for dinner tonight. ?
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Post by scrapalotomous on Apr 21, 2015 9:49:54 GMT
I keep thinking of Tim Brooke-Taylor in the Goodies not saying Beans Means Heinz Just to be an odd duck - I like my toast on the side. I cut a bit off the toast, fork on some beans and eat. I don't like how the bread goes really soggy when the beans are on top!
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Post by Jockscrap on Apr 21, 2015 17:45:29 GMT
I keep thinking of Tim Brooke-Taylor in the Goodies not saying Beans Means Heinz Just to be an odd duck - I like my toast on the side. I cut a bit off the toast, fork on some beans and eat. I don't like how the bread goes really soggy when the beans are on top! Clearly, you are not scarfing them down fast enough!
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Post by gar on Apr 21, 2015 17:48:24 GMT
I keep thinking of Tim Brooke-Taylor in the Goodies not saying Beans Means Heinz Just to be an odd duck - I like my toast on the side. I cut a bit off the toast, fork on some beans and eat. I don't like how the bread goes really soggy when the beans are on top! Clearly, you are not scarfing them down fast enough!
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Post by julieinsweden on Apr 21, 2015 18:08:42 GMT
Oh goodness, yes. I don't think you can grow up British and not eat beans on toast. ). Yep what she said. Beans on toast was a regular in our house. I fact one of the first meals I learnt to cook.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Apr 21, 2015 19:10:10 GMT
I will give these a try. If nothing else, it will gross out my family
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 21, 2015 19:30:50 GMT
I finally had to open this thread, after seeing it for so long... my personal feeling about this is also ... it certainly wasn't part of my upbringing in small town Illinois! My mom made baked beans in the crockpot, but I never liked them, let alone to eat them on toast. I will sometimes eat a small serving of different flavors of Bush's grilling beans when we're having a cookout, but that's rare. I bet my boyfriend would love this, though, especially with the fried egg-- I'll have to suggest it to him! (of course, knowing him he'll add some sort of hot sauce to it, too...)
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Post by gar on Apr 21, 2015 19:42:34 GMT
I finally had to open this thread, after seeing it for so long... my personal feeling about this is also ... it certainly wasn't part of my upbringing in small town Illinois! My mom made baked beans in the crockpot, but I never liked them, let alone to eat them on toast. I will sometimes eat a small serving of different flavors of Bush's grilling beans when we're having a cookout, but that's rare. I bet my boyfriend would love this, though, especially with the fried egg-- I'll have to suggest it to him! (of course, knowing him he'll add some sort of hot sauce to it, too...) I'm interested how you make baked beans in a crockpot. I just open the tin and heat for a few mins so what else did she do with them that required a crockpot? ?
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Post by Sassy Sabrina SWZ on Apr 21, 2015 19:48:23 GMT
I, too, was pulled in by the number of responses and finally had to open the thread!
I never heard of beans on toast till reading this. However, I do like baked beans and have a couple cans of Bush's vegetarian-style beans in the pantry. I grew up eating baked beans as an accompaniment to hot dogs, sometimes on a toasted hot dog roll, so I guess I'll enjoy the flavor combination. But I've given up on eating hot dogs because even the "reduced sodium" version has way too much sodium for me. This "dish" will give me a way to use up the remaining cans of beans on the shelf.
A question, though: do you eat the beans on toast with a fork? I imagine that the beans, with their sauce, would be too sloppy to pick up in your hand like a grilled cheese sandwich.
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